Apple’s iPhone 5 customers won’t be getting Google’s map application on their new devices anytime soon.

Google has yet to take any steps to offer new map software for the phone, Chairman Eric Schmidt said yesterday. Apple, which had previously installed Google Maps on the iPhone before it shipped to users, replaced the feature with its own application in the latest model of the handset.

“It’s their choice,” Schmidt told reporters in Tokyo, saying Apple would have to approve a version of Google Maps for the iPhone. “We haven’t done anything yet.”

Google hasn’t submitted a mapping app to Apple, according to a person familiar with the matter. Apple’s new maps program has come under criticism from reviewers, who have said it doesn’t provide directions for public transportation and sometimes gets confused when navigating.

Apple built its own mapping app amid a growing battle with Google, which had provided its Google Maps since 2007.